Question 113: What is known of John’s birth and early training?
Answer:
He was of the priestly race by both parents, his father Zacharias, being a priest of the course of Abijah and Elisabeth a descendant of Aaron. Of the first thirty years of his life, the only history we have is contained in a single verse, Luke 1:8. But it is a reasonable presumption that he received the Jewish ecclesiastical training of that period. He was the chosen forerunner of the Messiah (Luke 1:76). Dwelling alone in the desert region westward of the Dead Sea, he prepared himself for his work by discipline and constant prayer. One of his instructors, Banus (mentioned by Josephus, the Jewish historian), tells how he lived with John in the desert, eating the sparse food and bathing frequently by day and night at last (about A. D. 25) John came forth from his hermit-like seclusion in the wild mountainous tract in Judea lying beyond the desert and the Dead Sea and took up the work of his real office, preaching repentance and baptism and attracting great multitudes.
Question 112: What were the locusts that became the food of John the Baptist?
Answer:
Some writers think it may have been the common locust or green grasshopper which, when prepared and dried, tastes somewhat like a shrimp. Many ancient authors mention them as food. Diodorus Siculus refers to a people of Ethiopia, who were called acridophaghi or locust eaters. Porphryius says that whole armies have been saved from starvation by eating locusts. Aristotle and Aristophanes assert that they were relished by the Greeks and Layard the discoverer, found evidence that they were eaten in a preserved state by the Assyrians. Later commentators, however have conjectured that the "locust" mentioned in Mark's Gospel as being the food of John the Baptist, was the carob, the fruit of a tree of the locust family, which is a sort of sweetish bean in pods, much used by the poorer classes.
Frequently asked questions and answers:
Question 111: Did John write the last chapter of his Gospel?
Answer:
We know that it has been asserted by some critics that this chapter must have been added by another hand, because the evangelist concluded his work in the previous chapter. This however, is not accepted by sound scholarship, for the reason that it is not unusual in the New Testament writings and in other good books, for authors to insert supplementary matter, to which class the chapter in question clearly belongs. There is no evidence that John's Gospel was ever known in the early Church without this chapter. John it is true, refers to himself in the third person; but he did so also in chapter 19:35 in practically the same terms as in 21:24. The best commentators agree as to the genuineness on prima facie evidence.
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The Divine Name of YHWH is Sacred Above all things. And not without reason did Yeshua say “Do not give dogs what is Sacred…”
Don’t get too caught up on the fact He called people dogs. It’s an example of a creature that does what it does by nature, by instinct instead of understanding.
Yes call upon YHWH in all reverence and holiness. Proclaim His great and awesome Name for all to know, even those who will likely not love It.
But putting It Willy-nilly on merchandise?! Like a sports logo ?! No!
Yes, “Do not take the Name of YHWH Eloheicha in vain” is most prominently about keeping It honored by honesty in our oaths. But included in that understanding is that we are to regard the Sacred Name of our Sovereign as most honorable of all things.
This includes not selling the Sacred Name to strangers to daily wear It to ignominy as they move about in mundane manner dragging the FOUR LETTERS in the mud. Eating abominations wearing the shirts we sold them. Breaking the Sabbath under the hat we gave them to put on.
And even something that would seem as simple as taking a picture or recording a video with the Name of YHWH in full view yet inverted. So small a thing. Such a little thing….and yet so mighty an evil to invert the Word that shakes Heaven and Earth and inspires the very angels with terror.
The shuddering Name of YHWH we put upon our persons but could not be compelled to be so focused on the magnanimity of the Name of His Dread Sovereign Majesty so that we ensured all eyes that see it upon us will view it correctly.
How little effort it takes to flip and inverted image.
Which means that as little thought of caution went into the sharing of such images. So little checking, such careless abandon.
Take caution in your carrying of much value.
You wouldn’t play catch with nitroglycerin. You wouldn’t skip in a mind field. You wouldn’t go off-roading in your Lamborghini. You wouldn’t play piñata with a priceless artifact.
We know the value of these things and the fragility and the danger and the damage that will happen to them and to us when we treat them with disrespect, with wrecklessness, with carelessness, with commonness.
Why do we not know the value and danger in the Divine Name we carry?!
Take caution when you put It upon your person.
Give much more care to your thoughts and actions as you wear It. And greater care for what happens after with what media was made with what Grandiosity you chose to display flippantly, especially if you are the one to share such images.
This is the KING NAME. Both the Name of the King and the King of Names.
Don’t treat the King as a commoner.
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The Divine Name of YHWH is Sacred Above all things. And not without reason did Yeshua say “Do not give dogs what is Sacred…”
Don’t get too caught up on the fact He called people dogs. It’s an example of a creature that does what it does by nature, by instinct instead of understanding.
Yes call upon YHWH in all reverence and holiness. Proclaim His great and awesome Name for all to know, even those who will likely not love It.
But putting It Willy-nilly on merchandise?! Like a sports logo ?! No!
Yes, “Do not take the Name of YHWH Eloheicha in vain” is most prominently about keeping It honored by honesty in our oaths. But included in that understanding is that we are to regard the Sacred Name of our Sovereign as most honorable of all things.
This includes not selling the Sacred Name to strangers to daily wear It to ignominy as they move about in mundane manner dragging the FOUR LETTERS in the mud. Eating abominations wearing the shirts we sold them. Breaking the Sabbath under the hat we gave them to put on.
And even something that would seem as simple as taking a picture or recording a video with the Name of YHWH in full view yet inverted. So small a thing. Such a little thing….and yet so mighty an evil to invert the Word that shakes Heaven and Earth and inspires the very angels with terror.
The shuddering Name of YHWH we put upon our persons but could not be compelled to be so focused on the magnanimity of the Name of His Dread Sovereign Majesty so that we ensured all eyes that see it upon us will view it correctly.
How little effort it takes to flip and inverted image.
Which means that as little thought of caution went into the sharing of such images. So little checking, such careless abandon.
Take caution in your carrying of much value.
You wouldn’t play catch with nitroglycerin. You wouldn’t skip in a mind field. You wouldn’t go off-roading in your Lamborghini. You wouldn’t play piñata with a priceless artifact.
We know the value of these things and the fragility and the danger and the damage that will happen to them and to us when we treat them with disrespect, with wrecklessness, with carelessness, with commonness.
Why do we not know the value and danger in the Divine Name we carry?!
Take caution when you put It upon your person.
Give much more care to your thoughts and actions as you wear It. And greater care for what happens after with what media was made with what Grandiosity you chose to display flippantly, especially if you are the one to share such images.
This is the KING NAME. Both the Name of the King and the King of Names.
Don’t treat the King as a commoner.
Second Guess First Assumptions
Question Everything
Get Biblical
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